https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/singularity-hub-daily--3572161enTechnologyCopyright Singularity Hubhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e907f5bb533e2e77e668ff624603c862.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/singularity-hub-daily--3572161Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:16:54 +0000Singularity HubSingularity Hubfeeds@spreaker.comFeed descriptionA constant stream of SingularityHub's high-quality articles, read to you via an AI system. We chronicle technological progress by highlighting the breakthroughs, players, and issues shaping the future as well as supporting a global...falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/mcdonald-s-is-making-a-plant-based-burger-you-can-try-it-in-2021--42135116137386Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:00:58 +0000Singularity HubMcDonald's Is Making a Plant-Based Burger; You Can Try It in 2021 . Fast-food chains have been doing what they can in recent years to health-ify their menus. For better or worse, burgers, fries, fried chicken, roast beef sandwiches, and the like will...238falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-could-be-300-million-or-more-earth-like-planets-in-our-galaxy--41871383137214Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:00:08 +0000Singularity HubThere Could Be 300 Million (or More) Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy . The first planets discovered outside our solar system were strange, unfamiliar worlds. These were giants like Jupiter, hotter than Venus, tearing around their suns inside the...365falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flippy-the-fast-food-robot-just-went-commercial-and-it-s-selling-like-crazy--41871382137189Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:00:06 +0000Singularity HubFlippy the Fast Food Robot Just Went Commercial, and It's Selling Like Crazy . No doubt about it, the pandemic has changed the way we eat. Never before have so many people who hated cooking been forced to learn how to prepare a basic meal for...270falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-baby-horse-was-cloned-using-dna-that-was-frozen-for-40-years--41871381137160Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:00:31 +0000Singularity HubThis Baby Horse Was Cloned Using DNA That Was Frozen for 40 Years . When Dolly the sheep was born in 1996, she instantly achieved worldwide fame for being the first-ever animal to be cloned from an adult cell. Since then, she hasn’t had many...277falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/3-2-billion-images-and-720-000-hours-of-video-are-shared-online-daily-can-you-sort-real-from-fake--41871384
Biden’s “hello Minnes...]]>137149Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:00:52 +0000Singularity Hub3.2 Billion Images and 720,000 Hours of Video Are Shared Online Daily. Can You Sort Real from Fake? . Twitter over the weekend “tagged” as manipulated a video showing US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden supposedly forgetting which state...
Biden’s “hello Minnes...]]>509falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/openai-s-gpt-3-wrote-this-short-film-and-it-s-strange-and-fascinating--41628396136945Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:00:42 +0000Singularity HubOpenAI's GPT-3 Wrote This Short Film, and It's Strange and Fascinating . OpenAI’s text generating AI has gotten a lot of buzz since its release in June. It’s been used to post comments on Reddit, write a poem roasting Elon Musk, and even write an...234falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-method-can-train-ai-using-almost-no-data--41628390136922Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:00:50 +0000Singularity HubA New Method Can Train AI Using Almost No Data . AI is continuously taking on new challenges, from detecting deepfakes (which, incidentally, are also made using AI) to winning at poker to giving synthetic biology experiments a boost. These impressive...354falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/hey-google-what-movie-should-i-watch-today-how-ai-can-affect-our-decisions--41628391136913Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:00:15 +0000Singularity HubHey Google ... What Movie Should I Watch Today? How AI Can Affect Our Decisions . Have you ever used Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, or Amazon Alexa to make decisions for you? Perhaps you asked it what new movies have good reviews, or to recommend a...402falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/can-we-trust-ai-doctors-google-health-and-academics-battle-it-out--41628394136907Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:00:31 +0000Singularity HubCan We Trust AI Doctors? Google Health and Academics Battle It Out . Machine learning is taking medical diagnosis by storm. From eye disease, breast and other cancers, to more amorphous neurological disorders, AI is routinely matching physician...522falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scientists-just-achieved-room-temperature-superconductivity-for-the-first-time--41628392136902Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:16:35 +0000Singularity HubScientists Just Achieved Room Temperature Superconductivity for the First Time . Superconductivity could be the key to groundbreaking new technologies in energy, computing, and transportation, but so far it only occurs in materials chilled close to...229falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-did-we-become-fully-human-what-fossils-and-dna-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-modern-intelligence--41628393136889Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:00:21 +0000Singularity HubWhen Did We Become Fully Human? What Fossils and DNA Tell Us About the Evolution of Modern Intelligence . When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question. Fossils and DNA suggest...492falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-factory-in-france-will-mass-produce-bugs-as-food--41393753136770Thu, 08 Oct 2020 14:00:24 +0000Singularity HubA New Factory in France Will Mass-Produce Bugs as Food . Though the world’s population is no longer predicted to grow as much as we thought by the end of this century, there are still going to be a lot more people on Earth in 30, 50, and 80 years than...220falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/2020-nobel-prize-in-physics-awarded-for-work-on-black-holes-an-astrophysicist-explains-the-trailblazing-discoveries--41393752136762Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:00:53 +0000Singularity Hub2020 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Work on Black Holes—an Astrophysicist Explains the Trailblazing Discoveries . Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain a mathematical...283falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-machine-learning-made-hops-free-hoppy-beer-and-other-synbio-wonders-possible--41393755136749Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:00:51 +0000Singularity HubHow Machine Learning Made Hops-Free Hoppy Beer (and Other SynBio Wonders) Possible . Synthetic biology is like a reality-altering version of Minecraft. Rather than digital blocks, synthetic biology rejiggers the basic building blocks of life—DNA,...518falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/new-reactor-design-could-produce-first-ever-energy-positive-fusion-reaction--41393754136622Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:00:39 +0000Singularity HubNew Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction . Nuclear fusion has gone from a scientists’ pipe dream to a technology attracting serious investment. Now one of the startups chasing this holy grail of energy production has...238falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-social-dilemma-will-make-you-want-to-delete-everything-but-should-you--41393756
Dramatic political polarization. Rising anxiety and depression. An uptick in teen suicide rates. Misinformation that spreads like wildfire.

The common denominator of ...]]>136585Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:00:26 +0000Singularity Hub‘The Social Dilemma’ Will Make You Want to Delete Everything—But Should You? . Is social media ruining the world? Dramatic political polarization. Rising anxiety and depression. An uptick in teen suicide rates. Misinformation that spreads like...
Dramatic political polarization. Rising anxiety and depression. An uptick in teen suicide rates. Misinformation that spreads like wildfire.

The common denominator of ...]]>386falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/airbus-just-unveiled-three-new-zero-emission-concept-aircraft--41113871136510Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:00:27 +0000Singularity HubAirbus Just Unveiled Three New Zero-Emission Concept Aircraft . Air travel has plummeted during the pandemic; not only do a lot of people not feel safe being in airports or on planes, but with everything we used to do being closed or canceled, we...285falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/want-to-decode-the-human-brain-there-s-a-new-system-for-that-and-it-s-pretty-wild--41113877
His motion capture suit, sensor-embedded gloves, and virtual reality eyewear were already enough to turn heads. But wha...]]>136502Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:00:14 +0000Singularity HubWant to Decode the Human Brain? There's a New System for That, and It's Pretty Wild . Even for high-tech California, the man strolling around UCLA was a curious sight. His motion capture suit, sensor-embedded gloves, and virtual reality eyewear were...
His motion capture suit, sensor-embedded gloves, and virtual reality eyewear were already enough to turn heads. But wha...]]>540falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-two-billion-people-pay-attention-to-is-still-in-the-hands-of-a-few-companies--41113875136457Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:25:58 +0000Singularity HubWhat Two Billion People Pay Attention to Is Still in the Hands of a Few Companies . With increasing frequency, I notice sudden silences, like sonic black holes opening around me. There’ll be the white noise of a person puttering about followed by a...170falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microsoft-had-a-crazy-idea-to-put-servers-under-water-and-it-totally-worked--41113874136433Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:00:40 +0000Singularity HubMicrosoft Had a Crazy Idea to Put Servers Under Water—and It Totally Worked . A little over two years ago, a shipping container-sized cylinder bearing Microsoft’s name and logo was lowered onto the ocean floor off the northern coast of Scotland....252falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-startup-is-growing-sushi-grade-salmon-from-cells-in-a-lab--41113876136430Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:00:42 +0000Singularity HubThis Startup Is Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab . As the ills of factory farming become more pronounced, people are increasingly gravitating towards vegetarian or pescatarian diets. Besides producing a large percentage of our total...276falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-crispr-baby-future-new-report-outlines-path-to-human-germline-editing--41113878136418Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:00:34 +0000Singularity HubA CRISPR Baby Future? New Report Outlines Path to Human Germline Editing . What will it take for CRISPR babies to become medically acceptable? Earlier this month, an international commission of scientists released a highly anticipated report detailing...487falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-microchip-has-its-own-built-in-cooling-system--41113872136404Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:00:27 +0000Singularity HubThis Microchip Has Its Own Built-In Cooling System . As we pack electronics into ever smaller packages, dealing with the heat they produce is becoming a growing challenge. Now researchers have developed a liquid cooling system integrated directly...233falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/resilience-is-the-new-black-the-lessons-of-covid-19--41113879
Most of us have been blown away by the speed at which the coronavirus, Covid-19, has swept the world. But...]]>136386Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:00:07 +0000Singularity HubResilience Is the New Black: The Lessons of Covid-19 . For years it can seem as if the world is predictable, and then all at once, everything changes. Most of us have been blown away by the speed at which the coronavirus, Covid-19, has swept the...
Most of us have been blown away by the speed at which the coronavirus, Covid-19, has swept the world. But...]]>716falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/walmart-is-piloting-drone-delivery-in-north-carolina--41113873136394Fri, 11 Sep 2020 14:00:07 +0000Singularity HubWalmart Is Piloting Drone Delivery in North Carolina . The coronavirus pandemic has forced us to quickly adapt to circumstances that were unimaginable a year ago. Companies are finding new ways to do business, and in the process we’re seeing an...195falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uber-wants-to-go-all-electric-by-2030-it-won-t-be-easy--41113880136379Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:00:29 +0000Singularity HubUber Wants to Go All-Electric by 2030. It Won't Be Easy . The coronavirus pandemic has been an all-around nightmare, but there are a few silver linings. One of these is a renewed focus on the environment. Emissions plummeted worldwide when countries...319falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/an-army-of-microscopic-robots-is-ready-to-patrol-your-body--40811179
I was so wrong.

Last week, Drs. Marc Mi...]]>136242Tue, 08 Sep 2020 14:00:25 +0000Singularity HubAn Army of Microscopic Robots Is Ready to Patrol Your Body . If I were to picture futuristic bots that could revolutionize both microrobotics and medicine, a Pop-Tart with four squiggly legs would not be on top of my list. I was so wrong. Last...
I was so wrong.

Last week, Drs. Marc Mi...]]>490falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-new-breakthrough-just-brought-city-wide-quantum-communication-into-reach--40811178136341Mon, 07 Sep 2020 14:00:26 +0000Singularity HubA New Breakthrough Just Brought City-Wide Quantum Communication Into Reach . A quantum internet promises a truly unhackable way to communicate, but most proposals so far only link two users at a time and require costly infrastructure. Now researchers...287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/solarpunk-is-growing-a-gorgeous-new-world-in-the-cracks-of-the-old-one--40811177
Sim...]]>136298Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:00:01 +0000Singularity HubSolarpunk Is Growing a Gorgeous New World in the Cracks of the Old One . What will the future look, smell, sound, taste, and feel like? And why on Earth—and other planets—are those questions relevant, especially given the havoc going on in the world,...
Sim...]]>396falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microsoft-s-new-deepfake-detector-puts-reality-to-the-test--40811176136306Fri, 04 Sep 2020 14:00:46 +0000Singularity HubMicrosoft's New Deepfake Detector Puts Reality to the Test . The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly. Covid-19 will likely deter millions from voting in person, and mail-in voting isn’t shaping up to...320falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-a-new-solar-and-lighting-technology-could-propel-a-renewable-energy-transformation--40811181136284Thu, 03 Sep 2020 14:00:33 +0000Singularity HubHow a New Solar and Lighting Technology Could Propel a Renewable Energy Transformation . The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly true of...412falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/stream-or-skip-a-synthetic-biologist-s-review-of-biohackers-on-netflix--40811180
Biohackers, the six-episode Ger...]]>136267Wed, 02 Sep 2020 14:00:47 +0000Singularity HubStream or Skip? A Synthetic Biologist's Review of ‘Biohackers’ on Netflix . Glow-in-the-dark mice, gene-modded weed and payment microchips in your hand? That’s the surprisingly realistic science backdrop of Biohackers, but that’s where it stays....
Biohackers, the six-episode Ger...]]>421falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-is-how-your-brain-responds-to-social-influence--40496814
Those were obviously ...]]>136149Tue, 25 Aug 2020 14:00:27 +0000Singularity HubThis Is How Your Brain Responds to Social Influence . I’m a doormat when it comes to peer pressure. Jump off a 32-foot (10 meter) diving board without any experience? Sure! Propel off a cliff my first time outdoor climbing? I’ll try! Those were...
Those were obviously ...]]>500falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scientists-used-protein-switches-to-turn-t-cells-into-cancer-fighting-guided-missiles--40496810136141Mon, 24 Aug 2020 14:00:01 +0000Singularity HubScientists Used Protein Switches to Turn T-Cells Into Cancer-Fighting Guided Missiles . One of the main challenges in curing cancer is that unlike foreign invaders, tumor cells are part of the body and so able to hide in plain sight. Now researchers...244falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/moore-s-law-lives-intel-says-chips-will-pack-50-times-more-transistors--40496812
To keep the economy on life support as people stay home to stem the viral tide, we’ve been forced to digitize in...]]>136086Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:00:05 +0000Singularity HubMoore's Law Lives: Intel Says Chips Will Pack 50 Times More Transistors . If you weren’t already convinced the digital world is taking over, you probably are now. To keep the economy on life support as people stay home to stem the viral tide, we’ve...
To keep the economy on life support as people stay home to stem the viral tide, we’ve been forced to digitize in...]]>404falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/6g-will-be-100-times-faster-than-5g-and-now-there-s-a-chip-for-it--40496816136076Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:00:14 +0000Singularity Hub6G Will Be 100 Times Faster Than 5G—and Now There’s a Chip for It . Though 5G—a next-generation speed upgrade to wireless networks—is scarcely up and running (and still nonexistent in many places) researchers are already working on what comes next. It...281falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-re-using-microbes-to-clean-up-toxic-electronic-waste-here-s-how--40496815136051Thu, 20 Aug 2020 14:00:02 +0000Singularity HubWe're Using Microbes to Clean Up Toxic Electronic Waste. Here's How . If you were to stack up all the electronic waste produced annually around the world it would weigh as much as all the commercial aircrafts ever produced, or 5,000 Eiffel towers....298falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-norwegian-startup-is-turning-dry-deserts-into-fertile-cropland--40496811136036Wed, 19 Aug 2020 14:00:02 +0000Singularity HubA Norwegian Startup Is Turning Dry Deserts Into Fertile Cropland . The UN population forecast predicts that by 2050 there will be almost 10 billion people on the planet. They’ll live mostly in cities and have an older median age than the current...268falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/scientists-found-a-way-to-turn-bricks-into-batteries--40496813136010Mon, 17 Aug 2020 14:00:21 +0000Singularity HubScientists Found a Way to Turn Bricks Into Batteries . One of the biggest barriers to the renewable energy revolution is working out how to store power when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow. Now scientists have shown standard...240falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-to-a-long-healthy-life-is-in-the-genes-of-the-oldest-humans-alive--40260426135921Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:00:45 +0000Singularity HubThe Secret to a Long, Healthy Life Is in the Genes of the Oldest Humans Alive . The first time I heard nematode worms can teach us something about human longevity, I balked at the idea. How the hell can a worm with an average lifespan of only 15 days...550falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-deck-is-not-rigged-poker-and-the-limits-of-ai--40260431135744Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:00:53 +0000Singularity HubThe Deck Is Not Rigged: Poker and the Limits of AI . Tuomas Sandholm, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, is not a poker player—or much of a poker fan, in fact—but he is fascinated by the game for much the same reason as the great game...856falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-global-work-crisis-automation-the-case-against-jobs-and-what-to-do-about-it--40260425135779Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:30:19 +0000Singularity HubThe Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It . The alarm bell rings. You open your eyes, come to your senses, and slide from dream state to consciousness. You hit the snooze button, and eventually crawl out of bed...595falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/these-scientists-just-completed-a-3d-google-earth-for-the-brain--40260428135866Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:00:02 +0000Singularity HubThese Scientists Just Completed a 3D ‘Google Earth’ for the Brain . Human brain maps are a dime a dozen these days. Maps that detail neurons in a certain region. Maps that draw out functional connections between those cells. Maps that dive deeper into...463falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/construction-of-the-world-s-biggest-nuclear-fusion-plant-just-started-in-france--40260436135774Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:00:59 +0000Singularity HubConstruction of the World's Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France . Fusion power promises to provide limitless green energy using cheap and abundant fuel, but it’s a long-running joke that it’s always 20 years away. Last week, though,...252falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/this-ai-could-bring-us-computers-that-can-write-their-own-software--40260427135793Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:00:46 +0000Singularity HubThis AI Could Bring Us Computers That Can Write Their Own Software . When OpenAI first published a paper on their new language generation AI, GPT-3, the hype was slow to build. The paper indicated GPT-3, the biggest natural language AI model yet, was...433falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-year-after-getting-gene-therapy-boys-with-muscular-dystrophy-are-healthier-and-stronger--40260424135768Thu, 30 Jul 2020 14:00:31 +0000Singularity HubA Year After Getting Gene Therapy, Boys With Muscular Dystrophy Are Healthier and Stronger . Two and a half years ago, a study published in Science Advances detailed how the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas-9 repaired genetic mutations related to Duchenne...281falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-ai-will-make-drug-discovery-low-cost-ultra-fast-and-personalized--40260429
Well, here’s the sobe...]]>135625Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:00:58 +0000Singularity HubHow AI Will Make Drug Discovery Low-Cost, Ultra-Fast, and Personalized . If you had to guess how long it takes for a drug to go from an idea to your pharmacy, what would you guess? Three years? Five years? How about the cost? $30 million? $100...
Well, here’s the sobe...]]>559falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/for-the-first-time-scientists-fully-sequenced-the-human-x-chromosome--40260433135528Mon, 20 Jul 2020 14:00:45 +0000Singularity HubFor the First Time, Scientists Fully Sequenced the Human X Chromosome . The sequencing of the human genome was one of the greatest scientific feats of the past century, but it’s a little-known fact that it’s still a work in progress with considerable...215falsefull